Sentences with phrase «federal sanctions if»

And schools would no longer face federal sanctions if they fail to make what was called «adequate yearly progress» — a benchmark that critics have long called unrealistic and onerous.

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Reacting to the submission, Saraki warned that the Senate would ensure Malami is sanctioned in line with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, if he refuses Committee's invitation yet again.

State education commissioner MaryEllen Elia warned that while there would be no penalties this year for districts with large opt - out movements, such as the withholding of federal funding, districts could be sanctioned if the movement continues.

Prof. Dankofa, among other things, in suit KDH / KAD / 236 / 2018 is praying the court to «declare that the action of the respondents (Kaduna State Government and Kaduna Geographic Information Service, KADGIS) in arrogating to themselves the power to punitively sanction the Applicants (Hunkuyi and his Company, Muna Investment Ltd) property, even if the Applicants were purportedly in default of payment of either ground rent or land use charge or for any other reason constitute a gross violation of Applicant Fundamental Human Right guaranteed under section 43 (1) and 46 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and therefore illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.»

If states and localities are competing to receive federal funds and / or avoid federal sanctions, as Glazer describes states seeking to make AYP, then competition will produce a race to the bottom.

Still, the number of students not taking the exams is significant because both federal and state officials have indicated sanctions could result if too few students take state tests.

In addition to the growing body of research supporting the benefits of alternative campus discipline programs, there is now federal pressure for districts to rethink their practices: schools may face sanctions if discipline policies are found to unfairly target minority students.

The federal government requires that at least 95 percent of students in schools and districts take both English language arts and math state exams and has warned in the past that sanctions could result if too few students participate.

Because movement conservatives of that time such as William F. Buckley Jr., and Barry Goldwater didn't view state - sanctioned racism as the great moral question that it was, because their fetish for preserving tradition led them to believe that the federal government didn't have the obligation to address segregation, because of their concerns about communism and the expansion of federal government, and because they viewed the civil disobedience by activists such as Martin Luther King (as well as their push to force social change) as an affront to the order they craved, they essentially gave succor to Jim Crow segregationists even if that wasn't their original intent.

The NCLB law applies strict sanctions if certain educational goals are not met by 2014, like limitations on Title I funding for low - income students and federal intervention in low - performing schools.

As per the plan, not a single state reached the proficiency goals, and schools could only escape sanction by the federal government if they were granted a waiver — which Duncan would only grant to states who would agree to more testing.

Today, President Obama outlined a new federal waiver process to allow states flexibility from some of NCLB's sanctions if they meet several conditions.

Michael Kennedy, HSI / Australia director, said: «If the Japanese Government sanctions whaling in Antarctic waters by Kyodo again this year, as we fear it will, and Kyodo continues to ignore the 2008 injunction and the decision of the Federal Court, it is critical that the Australian Government raises this issue with the Japanese Government in the most forceful way possible.»

Even if your litigation risk is minimal or you believe that changes in Federal Rules of Evidence give you some breathing room against sanctions for loss of ESI (electronically stored information), there are many reasons to have a plan that has documentation, staffing, training and funding.

As a recent federal ruling, U.S. v. Dicus (reducing a sentence as a sanction for prosecutorial misconduct) proves, legal scholarship can have an impact on the outcome of a case, even if a paper hasn't been published in a top journal.

Unfortunately, Rule 37 (e) has not provided the clarity that many had hoped, as federal courts disagree over whether Rule 37 (e) is their exclusive source of authority to sanction ESI spoliation, or if they may continue to rely on their inherent authority to sanction such misconduct.

If the complaint relating to an occurrence of harassment or violence failed, the matter could be directed to the federal labour minister, who could step in to investigate and order sanctions for employers.

Comment: One commenter suggested that a notice of information practices that omits disclosure for voluntary reporting of fraud will chill internal whistleblowers who will be led to believe — falsely — that they would violate federal privacy law, and be lawfully subject to sanction by their employer, if they reported fraud to health oversight agencies.

If letters and private documents can thus be seized and held and used in evidence against a citizen accused of an offense, the protection of the Fourth Amendment declaring his right to be secure against such searches and seizures is of no value, and, so far as those thus placed are concerned, might as well be stricken from the Constitution... The tendency of those who execute the criminal laws of the country to obtain conviction by means of unlawful seizures and enforced confessions, the latter often obtained after subjecting accused persons to unwarranted practices destructive of rights secured by the Federal Constitution, should find no sanction in the judgments of the courts which are charged at all times with the support of the Constitution and to which people of all conditions have a right to appeal for the maintenance of such fundamental rights.

Confirm if an applicant or employee has been sanctioned or excluded from participating in federal and state health care programs.

The federal rules allow a court to impose sanctions if it determines an appeal is frivolous, allowing it to award «just damages» or double costs to the appellee.

Financial institutions are regulated by the federal government and are subject to criminal and administrative sanctions if they offer services to marijuana businesses.